Mentor Graphics Extends Co-Verification Support for the Motorola PowerPC Architecture.Business/High Tech Editors WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2001 Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. Corp. (Nasdaq:MENT), the world's leading provider of hardware/software co-verification solutions, today announced the availability of new co-verification Processor Support Packages (PSPs) for members of the Motorola PowerPC(TM) family. Developed for use with the Mentor Graphics(R) Seamless(R) Co-Verification Environment(TM) (CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) A list of information security exposures and vulnerabilities sponsored by US-CERT and maintained by the MITRE Corporation. (TM)), the PSPs accelerate design schedules by enabling designers to validate hardware and software interfaces in virtual prototype early in the design process, avoiding time-consuming design re-spins and shortening time-to-market. The PSPs will support the Motorola MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. 8240 Integrated PowerPC Processor and MPC755 PowerPC embedded microprocessors: two premier processors used in networking and telecommunications applications such as routers, switches, network storage applications and image display systems. "With first-pass success a necessity in the fast-paced telecommunications and networking markets, co-verification has become an integral part of the embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. design flow," said Brian Wilkie, corporate vice president and general manager for Motorola's Computing Platform See platform. Division. "Mentor Graphics has been a long-standing and valued partner, providing comprehensive co-verification support for the PowerQUICC and PowerPC families." By combining a high-speed PowerPC embedded processor A CPU chip used in a system other than a general purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such chips are used by the billions every year in a myriad of products. See embedded system. along with unparalleled integration of networking and communications peripherals, Motorola provides customers with an innovative, total-system solution for building high-end communications systems. The MPC8240 is based on the successful PowerPC 603e embedded processor core, and integrates independent execution units targeted at the communications market. The combination of the PowerPC cores and the independent execution units reduces chip counts and power consumption and simplifies board design for customers developing embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. for such applications as networking and telecommunications. To accelerate the development process of the PSPs, Mentor Graphics used existing simulation models from Motorola. This reuse methodology helps to ensure that customers have rapid access to the processor models in lock-step with new processor releases, such as model follow-on parts, like the MPC8245. "Together Motorola and Mentor Graphics have worked to ensure that co-verification models are available in conjunction with new Motorola processor releases," said Serge Leef, general manager, System-on-Chip Verification Division, Mentor Graphics. "Early access to co-verification models allows time-constrained networking and telecommunications designers to merge the hardware and software worlds earlier in the design process, shortening the overall development cycle." Availability and Pricing The Motorola MPC755 PowerPC PSP (PlayStation Portable) See PlayStation. is available now starting at $30,000. The MPC8240 Integrated PowerPC PSP will be available in September 2001 with pricing also starting at $30,000. Mentor Graphics also provides PSPs for other Motorola microprocessors including the MPC603e, MPC740/750, MPC7400, MPC860 and MPC8260. For additional information about Seamless or to register for upcoming Seamless workshops and seminars, visit the Seamless web site at www.mentor.com/seamless. About MPC8240 and MPC755 The MPC8240 Integrated PowerPC Processor provides a high level of integration, reducing chip count from five discrete chips to one, thereby significantly reducing system component cost for applications where space, power consumption and performance are critical requirements. This general-purpose integrated processor targets systems using PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). interfaces in networking infrastructure, telecommunications, and other embedded markets. MPC755 PowerPC microprocessors are high-performance, low-power, 32-bit implementations of the PowerPC Reduced Instruction Set Computer (processor) Reduced Instruction Set Computer - (RISC) A processor whose design is based on the rapid execution of a sequence of simple instructions rather than on the provision of a large variety of complex instructions (as in a Complex Instruction Set Computer). (RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. ) architecture, specially enhanced for embedded applications. MPC755 PowerPC microprocessors are also drop-in replacements for the award-winning PowerPC 750(TM). About Seamless Combining the best in embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. development tools with logic simulation Logic simulation is the use of a computer program to simulate the operation of a digital circuit. Logic simulation is the primary tool used for verifying the logical correctness of a hardware design. , the Mentor Graphics Seamless co-verification environment delivers high performance co-verification months before a hardware prototype can be built. The Seamless environment enables software and hardware development to be parallel removing the software from the critical path, and reducing the risk of hardware prototype iterations resulting from integration errors. User-controlled optimizations boost performance by isolating the logic simulator from software-intensive operations such as block memory transfers and algorithmic routines. About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products and consulting services for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of more than $600 million and employs approximately 2,850 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777; Silicon Valley headquarters are located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. 95131-2314. World Wide Web site: www.mentor.com. Mentor Graphics and Seamless are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. Co-Verification Environment and CVE are trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. PowerPC and PowerQUICC are trademarks of Motorola. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. |
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